First of all, thank you for all the kind replies. I do take it to heart and I WANT to like this game. But to be honest, if the carnival hadn't started I would have quit today.
Yes, I am in a fellowship. Its not exactly riveting but I do at least have something to do once a day. The 5 minutes on the tournament make at least a good start into the day. Visiting fellowship members to help.. you have to be honest, that's not exactly relieving the tedium
I have no idea what Adventures are, though.
Other than that? Well, my city is full. I am 104 KP away from being able to use a research expansion and getting expansions via provinces is beyond my capabilities. I am unable to win a single fight in a province that has 2 types of units (everything available to me is "hard"). I could of course negotiate my way through - which would leave me laughably short on resources for unlocking research or upgrading. Any improvement of my fighting capabilities is equally 100s of KP away.
So I am stuck here. 12 Residences (any less and I don't have the population to support my production). 10 Workshops. 8 Marble Factories. All upgraded somewhere between 3 and 5.
So what CAN I do? Set all production to 3 hours. Come back after 3 hours. Get my gold and produce. Rinse. Repeat. I'm having Farmville Flashbacks
At least I do have an event now. Although, looking at the quests required to finish the quest-line I can already see that I won't be able to finish it since it requires producing goods I can't produce and am still hundreds of KP away from unlocking, so not sure if I want to bother.
Yeah, I know, I'm whining too much.